The Hanging Hill by Chris Grabenstein

This book was so great!  It was so easy to read, held my interest from beginning to end, and left me wanting more.  Really good book for all ages.  The only advice I would give is to read the book that comes before.  I didn't know there was one until I was already reading and of course by then I couldn't just put it down.  Now, I got through the book understanding it ok even without reading the first one, Crossroads.  His books are so easy to read in that the chapters  are real short.  Some don't even fill a page while others are maybe 4 pages long.  In the book you'll follow Zach, who can see ghosts by the way, to a haunted theatre called the Hanging Hill Playhouse.  The theatre has a very long and tragic filled history with it being on cursed land and all!  There's an evil Necromancer(one who can ressurect demons), Grimes who is also the director, who wants to pretty much unleash hell to do his bidding on earth.  It is up to Zach to save his two new friends from becoming the live sacrifices and to save the world from having demons unleashed and pandemonium to ensue.  Zach also comes across other obstacles along his path, but I think some of them were better explained in Crossroads.  I will definitely be looking to read Crossroads and put Chris on my "good authors litst."  The Hanging Hill is highly recommended to anyone.  Happy Reading!